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sfau state john kerry is in iraq today. it is an unannounced visit. the purpose of his trip, wouldfold. secretary kerry urging them to work together. overcoming the violence that continued to divide that country. and asking the prime minister to stop iran from flying over iraqi air space. iran is believed to have been shuttling military personnel and equipment to the syrian government over the air space of iraq which is, of course, supporting that horrible civil war in syria and that is something iran and iraq have both denied. good morning, everyone. welcome. >> great to have you here. last year, the iraqi government promised former secretary of state hillary clinton to inspect all of iranian flights so far that's reportedly not happening. now secretary kerry's turn to get it done. >> good morning. wink, wink, nudge, nhung from the iraqis to the iranians. the revolutionary guard soldiers to head from iran into syria to help assad. the united states has only pressured the iraqis privilege atly up until now. the fact they are doing so publicly and shar
sfau state john kerry is in iraq today. it is an unannounced visit. the purpose of his trip, wouldfold. secretary kerry urging them to work together. overcoming the violence that continued to divide that country. and asking the prime minister to stop iran from flying over iraqi air space. iran is believed to have been shuttling military personnel and equipment to the syrian government over the air space of iraq which is, of course, supporting that horrible civil war in syria and that is...
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as we have seen from john kerry's visit today, the tensions between the united states and this government, not very cordial. imbued with a lot of tension. a lot coming back from the community of nations they have not really a implemented. i would say that it is all because of a constitution that failed the entire public at large. basically taking segments of society and addressing themselves to them. host: this unannounced trip that you just indicated in iraq, these officials with the president on his trip, the associated press pointed out that there were a series of meetings over flights. iran says that this is humanitarian aid and that syria is getting the weapons or else. guest: a whole concern, as the israelis feel that regardless of everything going on, they look to the north and in syria they see it disintegrating. weapons are flowing into the regime of the time. if we discussed the threat to iran stabilizing, weapons would also be a threat to the united states and its interest in the region. host: independent line, florida, welcome to the program. caller: welcome, gentlemen. i woul
as we have seen from john kerry's visit today, the tensions between the united states and this government, not very cordial. imbued with a lot of tension. a lot coming back from the community of nations they have not really a implemented. i would say that it is all because of a constitution that failed the entire public at large. basically taking segments of society and addressing themselves to them. host: this unannounced trip that you just indicated in iraq, these officials with the president...
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>>> overseas secretary of state john kerry delivered a blunt message to the government of iraq today. it was all about what's happening with syria and iran. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is with the secretary in baghdad. >> reporter: john kerry is the first secretary of state to come to iraq since hillary clinton in 2009. it's his first visit since he came as a senator at the height of the civil war in 2006. arriving today in secrecy, in the week when iraq saw some of its worst terrorist attacks in years to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. but kerry did not come primarily to discuss iraq. despite the smiles for the cameras, the secretary of state confronted iraq's prime minister maliki, accusing him of colluding with iran to prop up the assad regime by permitting almost daily weapons shipments from iran to syria through iraq's airspace. >> we had a very spirited discussion on the subject of the overflights. i made it very clear to the prime minister that the overflights from iran are in fact helping to sustain president assad. and his regime. >> repor
>>> overseas secretary of state john kerry delivered a blunt message to the government of iraq today. it was all about what's happening with syria and iran. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell is with the secretary in baghdad. >> reporter: john kerry is the first secretary of state to come to iraq since hillary clinton in 2009. it's his first visit since he came as a senator at the height of the civil war in 2006. arriving today in secrecy, in the week when...
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[applause] >> tomorrow on c-span, a former afghanistan war commander, john allen will talk about the war commission in that country. he served as the international security assistance force commander from 2011 until earlier this year and retired from the u.s. military in february. we will bring you live coverage from the brookings institution at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. also tomorrow, a preview of the to same-sex marriage cases the supreme court will hear this week. one on the california posset proposition 8 law. the other on the federal offenses -- federal defense of marriage act. eastern, here on c-span. >> monday night on "the first lady's" called a bigamist and adulterer, rachel jackson dies of an apparent heart attack before andrew jackson takes office. his knees becomes the white house hostess but is later dismissed as fallout from the scandal. during the next administration, angelica van buren is the white house hostess for martin van buren, who is a widower. 9:00s live monday night at eastern on c-span and c-span3, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> now, the house foreign
[applause] >> tomorrow on c-span, a former afghanistan war commander, john allen will talk about the war commission in that country. he served as the international security assistance force commander from 2011 until earlier this year and retired from the u.s. military in february. we will bring you live coverage from the brookings institution at 10:00 eastern here on c-span. also tomorrow, a preview of the to same-sex marriage cases the supreme court will hear this week. one on the...
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what do you think, john? >> look, if he doesn't win this election, he should go into romance novel writing. that's -- that's pretty incredible. but you know, look, he ran in a crowded field. how many people were -- >> 16. >> 16 people. and he -- well, he came in first. i mean, he's got to do the runoff in april and he's going to have to go for the big enchilada in may. so we'll see whether karen is right and whether this, you know, largely republican district, which mark sanford used to have this seat. >> yes. >> when he was in the house. whether they will be willing to send this hiking adulterer back to congress. >> i can't wait to hear what he says in writing. thank you, both. >> thanks, martin. >>> next, it's personal this time. at least for bill o'reilly, that is. stay with us. we've all had those moments. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some
what do you think, john? >> look, if he doesn't win this election, he should go into romance novel writing. that's -- that's pretty incredible. but you know, look, he ran in a crowded field. how many people were -- >> 16. >> 16 people. and he -- well, he came in first. i mean, he's got to do the runoff in april and he's going to have to go for the big enchilada in may. so we'll see whether karen is right and whether this, you know, largely republican district, which mark...
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house republican speaker john boehner put out a statement on obamacare. he said, quote, far from bending the cost curve, it's projected price tag is nearly doubled. health insurance premiums are expected to climb further when the law takes full effect next year. the millions of jobs democrats promised is nowhere to be found and businesses large and small are already pointing to the impact of obamacare as the reason for planned layoffs and reluctance to hire more staff. republican controlled house passed the budget that repeals and de-funds obamacare but in the senate in this week a measure to repeal obamacare was voted down. >> the beat goes on. thank you very much. >> gregg: not much has changed. >> the senate approving a democratic budget in a late nightmare thon of voting. >> the ayes are 50, the nays are 59. >> senate has passed a budget. >> gregg: that was about 5:00 a.m. everybody it was bleary-eyed and it calls for nearly one trillion in tax increases and protecting safety net programs. it's unlikely to pass congress in the current form. no surpris
house republican speaker john boehner put out a statement on obamacare. he said, quote, far from bending the cost curve, it's projected price tag is nearly doubled. health insurance premiums are expected to climb further when the law takes full effect next year. the millions of jobs democrats promised is nowhere to be found and businesses large and small are already pointing to the impact of obamacare as the reason for planned layoffs and reluctance to hire more staff. republican controlled...
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secretary of state john kerry going to iraq and pleading with al-awlakpleadingwith al-ma. we have a u.s. weapons and troops to defend saudi arabia. we have a u.s. official acknowledging that the uptick in vehemence iraq is from the militants who have al-qaeda links who are fighting in syria. then we have a problem with the opposition where we have stepped back. there are al-qaeda linked militants. a troubling situation. >> you mention that kerry has been meeting with al-maliki and what they said about whether or not they are allowing the air space used by the iranians. >> anything that supports the president assad is proble problematic. i made it clear that iran are helping to sustain president assad and his regime. >> shannon: will the discussion by the secretary change things? >> that is an appalling stat statement. does he think malaki is in the third grade? of course he knows they are bringing weapons and helping us out. he needs the secretary of state of the united states to instruct him on what is happening? he understands exactly what is happening. the reason is pre
secretary of state john kerry going to iraq and pleading with al-awlakpleadingwith al-ma. we have a u.s. weapons and troops to defend saudi arabia. we have a u.s. official acknowledging that the uptick in vehemence iraq is from the militants who have al-qaeda links who are fighting in syria. then we have a problem with the opposition where we have stepped back. there are al-qaeda linked militants. a troubling situation. >> you mention that kerry has been meeting with al-maliki and what...
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john kerry have intensified to remove the obstacles and the efforts to achieve a just peace for which the peoples of the region have long awaited. i wish to thank the president for his continuous confirmation of the u.s. commitment to provide support for the palestinian people and to thank him and his administration for the support that has been provided. this is did the development project. mr. president, once again come on you are welcome -- once again, you are welcome and palestine. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, president abbas for your generous words and welcoming me here. i was here five years and it is a pleasure to be back. to see the progress that has occurred since my last visit but to see the peace that so many palestinians seek. i return to the west bank because the united states is committed to an independent and sovereign state of palestine. the palestinian people deserve an end to occupation and the daily indignities that come with it. palestinians deserve to move and travel freely and to feel secure in their communities. palestinians deserve a future of home, that
john kerry have intensified to remove the obstacles and the efforts to achieve a just peace for which the peoples of the region have long awaited. i wish to thank the president for his continuous confirmation of the u.s. commitment to provide support for the palestinian people and to thank him and his administration for the support that has been provided. this is did the development project. mr. president, once again come on you are welcome -- once again, you are welcome and palestine. thank...
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he has been of professor at harvard and columbia and at johns hopkins. span more than half a century. one topic they have examined has been the nature communism, totalitarianism, and international security relations during the cold war. increasingly over the past half-dozen years, have been about america's role in the world and a rapidly changing strategic environment and about america's interest looking forward. as aly i would add qualification for today's discussion, unlike most former holders of high office in washington, he has been willing over and over again to step outside conventional wisdom when the issue warranted it, taking some risk with his own reputation. theral mcmaster is one of most prominent of a very small, very easily come a very important class of individuals who have earned the title warrior soldier. he, too, has been willing to critically examine the past, and has done so with such power that rather than in his military career, the work has ultimately advanced it. his ph.d. thesis became a widely influential book. the title gives y
he has been of professor at harvard and columbia and at johns hopkins. span more than half a century. one topic they have examined has been the nature communism, totalitarianism, and international security relations during the cold war. increasingly over the past half-dozen years, have been about america's role in the world and a rapidly changing strategic environment and about america's interest looking forward. as aly i would add qualification for today's discussion, unlike most former...
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and then john kerry is going to follow up on this. but i suspect that from the way that the wording is coming out there may be a softening of positions on both sides on this in terms of settlement. a restraining settlement activity. >> rose: and palestinian initiatives in the u.n.. >> right. >> rose: okay. the last one is empower secretary of state kerry. >> he hasn't done that yet. he really needs to do it because he's given this speech which has raised expectations sky-high about what the united states is going to do in the peace process. and if he doesn't back kerry up, because kerry is the one that is going to be doing it, kerry won't be able to succeed. >> my guess is knowing secretary kerry and knowing secretary clinton, that secretary kerry will give this because he passionately is interested in this more tension, individually on his own, than secretary clinton. >> he says it that the time, sorry, that the time for middlest envoy is over. >> he is a secretary that is widely perceived as being very close to the president, whose'
and then john kerry is going to follow up on this. but i suspect that from the way that the wording is coming out there may be a softening of positions on both sides on this in terms of settlement. a restraining settlement activity. >> rose: and palestinian initiatives in the u.n.. >> right. >> rose: okay. the last one is empower secretary of state kerry. >> he hasn't done that yet. he really needs to do it because he's given this speech which has raised expectations...
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that is thebu true test of this war. >> rose: i think that's was john was talking about, john burns, what we leave behind, not what we came for.in >> the war has been a terriblehe disappointment in many ways. and you could-- you know, you could-- i suppose we have givenp liberty to the majority of the iraqi population. there's no doubt about that.e' >> rose: so noble in your judgment, failure, or noble success? >> it's a noble war. i i don't think it's ado catastrophic failure. i don't think it's a brilliant success. i mean, i happen ton, for example, prime minister malikiis watching the lamentable leadership of this man, watching his-- you know, the aptied tighthas grown with the eating. he has become a real dictator.. it's not exactly what those of d white house thought well of the war would have expected fromll this war. but wars have these kind of ends. they have these outcomes that people can't predict.om they can't tell what will happen. >> rose: john, what wouldt. you say to the argument that he made? >> well, yes, i canth see the nobility. we set aside the w.m.d. argument. th
that is thebu true test of this war. >> rose: i think that's was john was talking about, john burns, what we leave behind, not what we came for.in >> the war has been a terriblehe disappointment in many ways. and you could-- you know, you could-- i suppose we have givenp liberty to the majority of the iraqi population. there's no doubt about that.e' >> rose: so noble in your judgment, failure, or noble success? >> it's a noble war. i i don't think it's ado catastrophic...
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real friendship or political ambassador john bolton. and i don't think what he said about congress having fun, but your thoughts on the trip to israel. >> you overheard the comments he made to french president nicolas sarkozy and obama said you think you've got it bad i have to deal with mimm every day. look, i think that both president obama and prime minister netanyahu has a symbolism to show he that the relationship is good. netanyahu formed a new government and obama wants the political benefit from israel's many supporters in the united states who he's retorically in support of israel's security needs, but the private meetings here where the real substance will be talked about are going to be radically different. obama has very difficult messages for netanyahu, don't go after the iranian nuclear weapons program. make more concessions to the palestinians. and if they got out and were the subject of public conversation with take president obama's 10% approval rating in israel and drive it even lower. >> greta: i notice that you wrote
real friendship or political ambassador john bolton. and i don't think what he said about congress having fun, but your thoughts on the trip to israel. >> you overheard the comments he made to french president nicolas sarkozy and obama said you think you've got it bad i have to deal with mimm every day. look, i think that both president obama and prime minister netanyahu has a symbolism to show he that the relationship is good. netanyahu formed a new government and obama wants the...
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majofundinis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> narrator: guardian reporter ghaith abdul-ahad's journey into syria began five weeks ago on a supply route the rebels use to bring weapons from neighboring turkey. >> this is all liberated territory at the moment. >> narrator: the rebels are fighting to overthrow president bashar al-assad. every night the supply route is attacked by his regime's aircraft and helicopters. >> as we're driving, we see another car is coming our way. people crossing back into turkey, refugees. >> narrator: ghaith was on his way to meet up with the rebels who were fighting in syria's biggest city and commer
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picks, in light of what john asked, given the unprecedented nature of fed policy and the answer -- and the uncertainty around the equity strategy, how much do feel personally responsible to be at the helm when the decisions are made? how does that affect your future? at the last press conference, you said you had spoken to them -- you said you had not spoken to the president about your future. can you tell us whether or not you had that conversation? >> i have spoken to the president a bit, but i do not have any information for you at this juncture. i do not think that i am the only person in the world who can manage the exit. in fact, one of the things i hope to accomplish, and was not entirely successful at, as a governor, or chairman of the federal reserve, was to try to day-personalize monetary policy -- de-personalize monetary policy and raise recognition of the fact that this is a distinguished record -- institution. dozens ofdozen -- ph.d. economists were trying to understand these issues and implement our policy tools. there is no single person who is essential to that. again,
picks, in light of what john asked, given the unprecedented nature of fed policy and the answer -- and the uncertainty around the equity strategy, how much do feel personally responsible to be at the helm when the decisions are made? how does that affect your future? at the last press conference, you said you had spoken to them -- you said you had not spoken to the president about your future. can you tell us whether or not you had that conversation? >> i have spoken to the president a...
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we understand john kerry's push will take place over the next six months to bring the israelis and palestinians together. it is critical. >> the shear number of settlements, how might that affect the prospect after two-state solution? >> well, going back to -- >> sorry -- >> the relationship for a second here, i think when we look at obama's visit here, like a few years ago, people were talking about leading from behind when it came to obama, in the middle east. and i think what we have seen come to pass. is only one of those words coming true and it wasn't -- it isn't leading. there has been just tremendous frustration as on both sides as martin mentions. palestinians are as frustrated with obama's presidency as israelis have been. so i think that is really something that he has to tackle first. and on the beast today, on the daily beast, the brookings institute has a really interesting primer on what obama should look for here at this meeting and some of the objectives he should go for. one of them is that he should reintroduce himself to the israeli public and try and make friends with the p
we understand john kerry's push will take place over the next six months to bring the israelis and palestinians together. it is critical. >> the shear number of settlements, how might that affect the prospect after two-state solution? >> well, going back to -- >> sorry -- >> the relationship for a second here, i think when we look at obama's visit here, like a few years ago, people were talking about leading from behind when it came to obama, in the middle east. and i...
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he's been a professor at harvard, at columbia, and at johns hopkins. his dozen books which span more than half the countries, have examined two topics. one has been the nature of communism and totalitarianism, and international security relations during the cold war. and the other, increasingly over the past half-dozen years or more, has been about america's role in the world and it rapidly changing strategic environment, and about america's interests looking forward. and finally i would add the qualification for today's discussion. unlike most former holders of high office in washington, he has been willing over and over again to step outside conventional wisdom when the issue warranted it, taking some risks with his own reputation. general mcmaster is one of a very come one of the most prominent of a very small, very elite, very important class of individuals who have earned the title warrior soldier. he, too, has been willing to critically examine the past, and has done so with such power that rather than ended his military career, the work is ultim
he's been a professor at harvard, at columbia, and at johns hopkins. his dozen books which span more than half the countries, have examined two topics. one has been the nature of communism and totalitarianism, and international security relations during the cold war. and the other, increasingly over the past half-dozen years or more, has been about america's role in the world and it rapidly changing strategic environment, and about america's interests looking forward. and finally i would add...
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unfortunately expectations are very high but unfortunately we can't expect too much of of progress here though john kerry and russian foreign minister lavrov found common ground on the geneva declaration recent and kerry's reported to have a personal relationship with our side it seems that fighting is continuing the ground violence is is intensifying as well as claims and both sides i mean ready to talk actually are continuing to blame each other and are still warring sides. journalist neil clark who's written extensively about syria says it's no accident spend a large part of his life in the us before being voted in as the opposition prime minister the americans want to make sure that when president assad falls they got their man in damascus and they cherry picked him you know he voted by thirty five people it's quite ludicrous to argue this guy has the right to rule syria where is president assad whether we support him or not does have sizable support in the country which is why still in power and so i think the answer your question the u.s. wants this man as an ideal sort of leader opposed to s
unfortunately expectations are very high but unfortunately we can't expect too much of of progress here though john kerry and russian foreign minister lavrov found common ground on the geneva declaration recent and kerry's reported to have a personal relationship with our side it seems that fighting is continuing the ground violence is is intensifying as well as claims and both sides i mean ready to talk actually are continuing to blame each other and are still warring sides. journalist neil...
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hills john kerry's twenty four hour trip is expected to involve discussion on a range of issues including the upcoming elections and reconciliation talks with insurgent groups the us is currently preparing to hand over full security responsibility to local authorities now once america's top nato ally in the war on terror former pakistani president pervez musharraf has returned to the conflict zone after four years of self-imposed exile he's aiming to surge back into the political scene by leading his party in the upcoming elections in may and will shut off returns despite criminal charges against him at home and death threats from the taliban and we've come so easily the u.s. and its allies are winding down their presence in neighboring afghanistan and this in the face of resurgent militant activity. a political analyst sultan highly believes that foreign patrons want musharraf's back in power in order to help push their own agendas and to reach the west has. to its advantage it looks for avon right into operation their preference is always a military dictator but the situation in pakista
hills john kerry's twenty four hour trip is expected to involve discussion on a range of issues including the upcoming elections and reconciliation talks with insurgent groups the us is currently preparing to hand over full security responsibility to local authorities now once america's top nato ally in the war on terror former pakistani president pervez musharraf has returned to the conflict zone after four years of self-imposed exile he's aiming to surge back into the political scene by...
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and they sure know what's going on and what cost the strike in the first place marine corps general john kelly and it's his command that oversees guantanamo he was testifying in congress this wednesday he said the prisoners have launched a hunger strike because they're frustrated take a listen they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing the facility that has caused them to become frustrated and they want to get this i think turn that you don't get it back in the b. . this week the un commissioner for human rights responded to our inquiry and said they're aware of the hunger strike and that they are trying to confirm the details in the same letter the human rights body says they have quote repeatedly regretted that the us government has not closed guantanamo bay on our part will continue to press officials for answers as the strike continues and involves more people in washington i'm going to check on. a more mainstream media does play down the issue r.t. has been following the
and they sure know what's going on and what cost the strike in the first place marine corps general john kelly and it's his command that oversees guantanamo he was testifying in congress this wednesday he said the prisoners have launched a hunger strike because they're frustrated take a listen they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing the facility that has caused them to become...
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do you know where that john was from and what it was doing? >> no. they have not classified what it was. they have not been finally determined what it was the pilot saw. i am not trying to be flippant. thattalk about sightings are inaccurate. until we we find out the details, it could have been a model plane or other things that we do not know about. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. is toscano -- the faa required to establish unmanned aircraft system test ranges within the united states. the faa has requested proposals to create the test sites. you taught at the largest public university in my home state. they are headlining an alliance that is one of the candidates for the sites. are you familiar with this aspect of the one to 12 act? how do you see the sights and the testing as contribute into the desert regulations we might need in the -- how do
do you know where that john was from and what it was doing? >> no. they have not classified what it was. they have not been finally determined what it was the pilot saw. i am not trying to be flippant. thattalk about sightings are inaccurate. until we we find out the details, it could have been a model plane or other things that we do not know about. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. is toscano -- the faa required to establish unmanned aircraft system test ranges within...
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and they sure know what's going on and what cost the strike in the first place marine corps general john kelly and it's his command that oversees guantanamo he was testifying in congress this wednesday he said the prisoners have launched a hunger strike because they're frustrated take a listen they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing the facility that has caused them to become frustrated and they want to get this thing turned you don't get it back in the media. on our part will continue to press officials for answers as the strike continues and involves more people in washington i'm going to check out. while the mainstream media plays a down place on the is u r g has been following the story from the beginning we've got a timeline of events on our web site where we've also gathered comments by the un prison officials detainees lawyers and activists to give you a full picture of what's going on had to r.t. dot com for that and here's what else you'll find a while you're all
and they sure know what's going on and what cost the strike in the first place marine corps general john kelly and it's his command that oversees guantanamo he was testifying in congress this wednesday he said the prisoners have launched a hunger strike because they're frustrated take a listen they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing the facility that has caused them to become...
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u.ate john kerry wrapped up a whirlwind trip to baghdad. he pressed the iraq prime minister to stop allowing iran to move weapons to syria. also suggesting baghdad could be part of the political discussion about syria's future. i'm shannon bream. hour number two of america's news headquarters live fthe nation's capital starts right now. we start first with blizzard conditions in colorado causing a string of major accidents on the highways there. the same storm has its sights set on o the midwest. janice dean is in the extreme weather center with the latest about who is going to be impacted by the growing storm. hello janice. >> hello shannon. into spring but you wouldn't be able to tell looking at these temperatures for much of the country. 31 currently in minneapolis. 16 rapid city. 20 in denver where they got over a foot of snow. 30 kansas city. 50 memphis. the warmest spot we appear to be is in tampa at 74 degrees. with the threat of severe weather across the sunshine state today because we have a warm side of the storm as well. but look
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a lot to talk about on this monday, march 25th including john kerry pressuring iraq when it comes to turning a blind eye on iranian weapon shipments into syria. we'll have a live report. >>> plus, the senate passes its first budget in four years without a single republican vote with another very different plan coming from the house, is there room for either side to give any ground whatsoever? we'll look at that. >>> first to the rest of the news live at 5:30 at 30 rock in new york city and we begin with the nation's ongoing debate over gun safety. after weeks of bipartisan negotiations between senators chuck schumer and tom coburn failed to advance it, now appears john mccain emerged as a critical player in talks to expand background checks for private firearms sales. the hill reports republican senators susan collins and dean heller could sign off after democrats included several modifications aimed at attracting support from the right. a recent quinnipiac poll finds 09% of the public is in favor of universal background checks. they've had a tougher time getting a ban on assault wea
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. >> olympic gold medalist john carlos discusses his personal experience. live saturday at 8 p.m. eastern part of "book tv." >> a discussion on egypt economy and upcoming elections. congressr members of talk about partisanship and their experiences on capitol hill. later we will get another look at the joint press conference with president obama and king abdullah. egypt remains divided with clashes continuing between supporters of the muslim brotherhood and those who oppose this government. theyshington on thursday, talk about egyptian politics and implications for the united states. personally oversaw the research or this project. she twisted my arm into doing this event, so thank you, and also to michele and samer. i will begin by rolling out the study that was released today, the type line was that egypt is not lost to islamists. non-islamists are increasingly competitive, in certain areas of the country, and should they choose to contest future elections, they are likely to pick up seats on their islamist rivals. before i walk you through that analysis, for those of you who do
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and us a secretary of state john kerry has arrived enough. gana stan on an unannounced trip to see the country's president hamid karzai carries a twenty four hour visit is expected to cover continued u.s. support amid concern that causes increasingly anti american rhetoric may be jeopardizing efforts against extremism the u.s. is preparing to hand over full security responsibility to afghan officials. south africa's confirmed that thirteen of its soldiers were killed and twenty seven injured during intense fighting with the rebels in the central african republic over the weekend as rebels captured the capital bangui that was on sunday forcing the president to flee the diamond rich country reports say that south african troops are also being pulled from the region by the rebels actions have been condemned by the un security secretary general. and britain's prime minister has announced a massive immigration crackdown which could restrict welfare payments including that of a social housing and health care david cameron and laid into what he call
and us a secretary of state john kerry has arrived enough. gana stan on an unannounced trip to see the country's president hamid karzai carries a twenty four hour visit is expected to cover continued u.s. support amid concern that causes increasingly anti american rhetoric may be jeopardizing efforts against extremism the u.s. is preparing to hand over full security responsibility to afghan officials. south africa's confirmed that thirteen of its soldiers were killed and twenty seven injured...
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i think, i would add everyone from nancy pelosi to john kerry to bill clinton and denny blair -- tony blair thought saddam hussein was reconstituting the wmd program and used chemical weapons before. there are things we could do better going forward. >> bret: i said operation enduring freedom. that was afghanistan. iraqi freedom, the iraq operation. a.b., you look at how it came to an end. and the violence on the ground now. and what do you think? >> well, that is what is so hard. you look a year-and-a-half, year-and-a-half after the official end of the war and hard to say we protected the gains we made there. not everything we did was wrong. there was a lot of good accomplished. the problem is iranian influence on the rise, al-qaeda getting strong there. a lot of violence that you mentioned. that leaves at it scary play. and, you know, it really to me is a turning point in history in way that the world perceives american strength. our own people marx yourty of americans think they think it was a mistake. the premise of the war will a be questioned, so will the results. >> bret: charl
i think, i would add everyone from nancy pelosi to john kerry to bill clinton and denny blair -- tony blair thought saddam hussein was reconstituting the wmd program and used chemical weapons before. there are things we could do better going forward. >> bret: i said operation enduring freedom. that was afghanistan. iraqi freedom, the iraq operation. a.b., you look at how it came to an end. and the violence on the ground now. and what do you think? >> well, that is what is so hard....
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in a weird way it's like john boehner's position, he can't do a deal with obama on the budget or the tea party throw him overboard. chris: before we get this here, can anyone think we can establish and hold in this country a policy of containment, have the weapons, warn not to use them? >> no. chris: the syrian question, do you get a sense that we're talking about under this president, barack obama, of using u.s. forces to do air strikes? are we that close? >> two key political figures in the senate this week called on the president to create a no fly zone over northern syria, carl levin, a democrat senator and senator john mccain. behind them are a growing number of people in the state department, in the administration. i think the principle opposition of that is the white house and the president himself. when you have drown a red line, if the evidence is clear that the syrians have used chemical weapons, he is going to have to act, chris. you shouldn't make any mistake. he has to act. he doesn't want to. he is afraid of getting drawn in. you need to watch very carefully what they s
in a weird way it's like john boehner's position, he can't do a deal with obama on the budget or the tea party throw him overboard. chris: before we get this here, can anyone think we can establish and hold in this country a policy of containment, have the weapons, warn not to use them? >> no. chris: the syrian question, do you get a sense that we're talking about under this president, barack obama, of using u.s. forces to do air strikes? are we that close? >> two key political...
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john laughlin the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris believes that the developments in cyprus share their roots with a number of historic revolutions cyprus is yet another of the i would say power and ideologically crazed determination of the european elites to keep the single currency intact against all the odds i genuinely think that i'm not given to exaggeration that europe today is in a situation comparable to that of the french revolution all the logic revolution i mean by that that an entire class of people are going to be expropriated and treated as if they were criminals it is just as in the two revolutions i mentioned arris to crass as a class or what hung up from the lampposts because it was decreed that their property had been criminally obtained this is a very very bad precedent because it means that deposits which are private property are no longer safe in europe in backs although the propaganda is absolutely deafening particularly in the german media about how all the money is held by russians and how all these russians are crimina
john laughlin the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris believes that the developments in cyprus share their roots with a number of historic revolutions cyprus is yet another of the i would say power and ideologically crazed determination of the european elites to keep the single currency intact against all the odds i genuinely think that i'm not given to exaggeration that europe today is in a situation comparable to that of the french revolution all the...
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the president warmly received, john. he got heckled a little bit, made fun of it, but in response, most of the young people there stood up and gave him a standing ovation. a very well-received speech, even though he spoke very directly, very bluntly to the people of israel about the peace process. >> some trademark obama political campaigning, if you will, wolf. what we've seen in the united states on display here in israel. number one, choosing to speak in this big speech to the israeli people, not to the older political leadership, but to younger people. the president is saying the challenge of peace is for the younger generations. both israelis and palestinians, to demand that their leaders take risk. to demand that their leaders abandon the old positions that we know over the last 20, 30, 40 years, have prevented a peace agreement on this sacred land. an interesting position from the president here, because he knows if you look down into the weeds, the obstacles to peace are too much. he's trying to get people to loo
the president warmly received, john. he got heckled a little bit, made fun of it, but in response, most of the young people there stood up and gave him a standing ovation. a very well-received speech, even though he spoke very directly, very bluntly to the people of israel about the peace process. >> some trademark obama political campaigning, if you will, wolf. what we've seen in the united states on display here in israel. number one, choosing to speak in this big speech to the israeli...
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. >>> secretary of state john kerry has just arrived for an unannounced visit to kabul, afghanistan, for talks with president hamid karzai. earlier secretary kerry was not mincing words when it comes to the ongoing civil war in syria. the secretary made some of his harshest comments to date on sunday during an unannounced trip to meet with iraqi leaders in baghdad. he told iraq's prime minister the country must take steps to stop iran from using iraqi airspace as a means to ship weapons to syria. however, after talks described as spirits, no breakthrough was achieved. >> anything that supports president assad is problematic and i made it very clear to the prime minister that the overflights from iran are in fact helping to sustain president assad. >> talks also focused on iraq's transition to democracy as it prepares for upcoming elections at a time when violence is on the rise. >>> back here in the u.s., we're watching a lot of weather. bill karins here with a look at the northeast. you say you're promising this will be the last time. >> it has to be, right? >> i hope you're right.
. >>> secretary of state john kerry has just arrived for an unannounced visit to kabul, afghanistan, for talks with president hamid karzai. earlier secretary kerry was not mincing words when it comes to the ongoing civil war in syria. the secretary made some of his harshest comments to date on sunday during an unannounced trip to meet with iraqi leaders in baghdad. he told iraq's prime minister the country must take steps to stop iran from using iraqi airspace as a means to ship...
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artists are reporting right there let's get a little bit deeper of a story now we're joined live by john laughlin the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris mr laughlin a pleasure to see you today thanks so much for coming on the program it's certainly been one of the biggest stories in the past week or more let's talk about cyprus so now for the most part having ducked bankruptcy in a last minute deal but now faces a very deep recession do you think cyprus at the end of the day had any options. cyprus is yet another of the victim of the i would say power and ideologically crazed determination of the european elites to keep the single currency intact against all the all of us i genuinely think and i'm not given to exaggeration that europe today is in a situation comparable to that of the french revolution all the bolsheviks revolution i mean by that that an entire class of people in this case the so-called rich russian oligarchs who apparently at the laundromat money in cyprus bank accounts are going to be expropriated not taxed as you said rory in you
artists are reporting right there let's get a little bit deeper of a story now we're joined live by john laughlin the director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris mr laughlin a pleasure to see you today thanks so much for coming on the program it's certainly been one of the biggest stories in the past week or more let's talk about cyprus so now for the most part having ducked bankruptcy in a last minute deal but now faces a very deep recession do you think cyprus...
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to come on this tenth anniversary do you think john. well it remains to be seen but what we can know for sure is that the constant lies told by the bush administration that the war would be over in a couple of months would be paid for by iraqi oil we would be greeted as liberators there would not be the sort of civil war that eventually descended on to iraq they were all wrong all of those predictions were wrong and yet these same types of neoconservatives can go on television and on book tours and sit in their fancy homes and not feel embarrassed about how wrong they were iraq as they is in chaos right now flooded with sectarian tension and a dictatorship that the united states helped install sort of so it was if you listen to sorry johnny is the lesser of two evils if you listen listen to what tony blair had to say he'll say well the situation had been worse than the uprising we saw in syria if they hadn't gone in then yeah that might be comforting for him to say to himself and hopefully he repeats it to himself over and over and over
to come on this tenth anniversary do you think john. well it remains to be seen but what we can know for sure is that the constant lies told by the bush administration that the war would be over in a couple of months would be paid for by iraqi oil we would be greeted as liberators there would not be the sort of civil war that eventually descended on to iraq they were all wrong all of those predictions were wrong and yet these same types of neoconservatives can go on television and on book tours...
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in my view after looking at this, john and i talk about it a lot. more steps to disrupt and defeat the network is i believe the high payoff activities in terms of illicit committee at its people,, money or weapons. a very powerful organization that hasn't been taken on the way it should. >> two quick points on that. one is in addition to everything chuck grilled on sundays that works, we need to remember the truly dark edge of the spec and his weapons of mass destruction. these routes, the ability to live 10 times of cocaine, if you can attend tennessee company created nuclear device and move it into the homeland. that's what i'm worried about is the south, commander and it's also pertinent today when you look at proliferation. second point to the true question we we talked a lot about cocaine. comes from poppy, which is produced in afghanistan. there's another narcotic flow that comes up for the balkans across europe and into the united states that is worth considering as we discuss this trafficking point and i completely agree with my fellow comba
in my view after looking at this, john and i talk about it a lot. more steps to disrupt and defeat the network is i believe the high payoff activities in terms of illicit committee at its people,, money or weapons. a very powerful organization that hasn't been taken on the way it should. >> two quick points on that. one is in addition to everything chuck grilled on sundays that works, we need to remember the truly dark edge of the spec and his weapons of mass destruction. these routes,...
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turn the heat up get it back in the media but it was not on the status of the detainees that general john kelly whose command oversees guantanamo came to discuss in congress he was there asking for money to renovate the prison the upgrade of the camp is estimated to cost taxpayers almost two hundred million dollars as washington schedules renovations at guantanamo the international community continues to call on president obama to comply with his own promise isn't to shut down the infamous prison we have no right to hold people indefinitely without charges without a trial and without people having access to a justice system that's against every principle of law which exists in the world the u.n. commissioner for human rights responded to our request for comment and said they have quote repeatedly regretted that the u.s. government has not closed guantanamo bay four years ago president obama ordered to stop tortured guantanamo but the u.s. says indefinite detention itself is a form of torture british resident shocker aamer was cleared for release six years ago yet he's still being held cap
turn the heat up get it back in the media but it was not on the status of the detainees that general john kelly whose command oversees guantanamo came to discuss in congress he was there asking for money to renovate the prison the upgrade of the camp is estimated to cost taxpayers almost two hundred million dollars as washington schedules renovations at guantanamo the international community continues to call on president obama to comply with his own promise isn't to shut down the infamous...
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secretary of state john kerry has urged iraq to take action to stop iranian flights carrying arms to the al-assad regime to iraqi airspace. john kerry made the comments during a surprise visit to baghdad where he met with iraqi prime minister of maliki. >> i made it very clear that for those of us who are engaged in an effort to see president al- assad step down and to see a democratic process take hold with the transitional government according to the geneva communicate, those of us engaged in that effort, anything that supports president al-assad is problematic. and i made it very clear to the prime minister that the overflights from iran are in fact helping to sustain president al-assad. and his regime. >> syriza's man opposition leader has announced his resignation in the latest sign of deep divisions among those fighting president a sad. moaz thank you said he was quitting as president of the syrian national coalition -- he had faced criticism from his own ranks for offering to negotiate with assad. and a further sign of turmoil among anti-government groups, the coalition's mili
secretary of state john kerry has urged iraq to take action to stop iranian flights carrying arms to the al-assad regime to iraqi airspace. john kerry made the comments during a surprise visit to baghdad where he met with iraqi prime minister of maliki. >> i made it very clear that for those of us who are engaged in an effort to see president al- assad step down and to see a democratic process take hold with the transitional government according to the geneva communicate, those of us...
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gwen: here's an example, john. in the immigration knish -- issue. in this report reince priebus said there should be comprehensive immigration reform and there is a gong -- gang of them on capitol hill trying to come up with this. is there movement underway? >> to underscore karen's point, technical issues, better computers, but the heart is the ideological one. the bold language in that clip, it's a lot harder to follow with bold action. immigration reform? the nub question is do you support a pathway to legalization, to citizenship? so immediately after the statement there he was pressed by reporters. "well, it's not my job to get into policy." that's the whole heart tv and to me it actually raises another question. with respect to priebus, a nice, decent, intelligent man, but really who cares what he thinks? it's not where the real action of rebuilding the party is going to take place. the one thing is whether it's even possible for parties to have these kind of formidable party chairmen like ron brown after the debacle in 1998. we just don't thi
gwen: here's an example, john. in the immigration knish -- issue. in this report reince priebus said there should be comprehensive immigration reform and there is a gong -- gang of them on capitol hill trying to come up with this. is there movement underway? >> to underscore karen's point, technical issues, better computers, but the heart is the ideological one. the bold language in that clip, it's a lot harder to follow with bold action. immigration reform? the nub question is do you...
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i'm joined now live by john rosenthall. good mortgage. >> thanks, chris. >> senator reid argued that stripping away the assault weapons ban makes the bill more passable. it would leave a bill that would require universal background checks, gun-trafficking a federal crime. a program that gives funding for school security. do you think harry reid made a good move? >> well, it's disappointing. but he's done the calculus and knows that an assault weapon bill will not pass the senate. sadly, i think he also knows that even in the democratically controlled senate, a background check for criminals, a universal background check for all of gun sales, including for criminals will not pass the senate. and it was certainly not going to pass the house. so that's what we're up against. and just so everyone is clear about this, you know, i'm a law-abiding gun owner. i own firearms, i go to a gun store where they run a background check. but it's perfectly legal in 33 states to buy guns from private dealers without a background check. so la
i'm joined now live by john rosenthall. good mortgage. >> thanks, chris. >> senator reid argued that stripping away the assault weapons ban makes the bill more passable. it would leave a bill that would require universal background checks, gun-trafficking a federal crime. a program that gives funding for school security. do you think harry reid made a good move? >> well, it's disappointing. but he's done the calculus and knows that an assault weapon bill will not pass the...
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the same credibility the same time now despite the diplomatic as a parent meetings of minds between john kerry and sergey lavrov the idea seems to be intensifying saluted and this is the saddest thing here we've actually seen very often intensification of the violence at least on the levels of claims in syria had a big international meetings like for example if you remember houla massacre that happened right on the eve of the u.n. general assembly last may well it's always like this and. you're absolutely right the diplomatic or for a certain force where you know we've been hearing. both sides for the first five are getting as close. as never before to political dialogue so they've agreed to talk to each other and i'm expected to go to carter to more to cover the arab league sash and expectations were very high ahead of this meeting as well that it could help stop the bloodshed but of course with this recent report and decision violence i mean wonders and it doesn't help all these years when there's so much to cover so many different angles and you out there on the ground giving us what
the same credibility the same time now despite the diplomatic as a parent meetings of minds between john kerry and sergey lavrov the idea seems to be intensifying saluted and this is the saddest thing here we've actually seen very often intensification of the violence at least on the levels of claims in syria had a big international meetings like for example if you remember houla massacre that happened right on the eve of the u.n. general assembly last may well it's always like this and. you're...
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. >> well john kerry is going to follow up, the secretary of state, coming back here for din wer prime minister netanyahu. as a former two-term chief white house correspondent, david, you must have been identifying with our own chuck todd and how he tried to sneak in several questions. i wanted to play a little bit more of that wonderful exchange at the news conference last night. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. prime minister. mr. president, i want to follow up a little bit on the peace process. and mr. prime minister, i want to help out my colleague over here and then a question, another question i had for you. is why do you -- >> chuck, how many you got? you see how the young lady from channel 1, she had one question, she was very well behaved, chuck. >> i got one for you. >> these are muted questions. >> i get four questions. >> this is not a kosher question, but don't hog it. >> chuck, mine you're just incorrigible. >> so, so david, of course with the four questions, the centerpiece of the passover seder, there was a seder joke, a kosher joke, it was a borscht belt moment. >> and
. >> well john kerry is going to follow up, the secretary of state, coming back here for din wer prime minister netanyahu. as a former two-term chief white house correspondent, david, you must have been identifying with our own chuck todd and how he tried to sneak in several questions. i wanted to play a little bit more of that wonderful exchange at the news conference last night. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. prime minister. mr. president, i want to follow up a little bit on the...
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back to jessica and john in jerusalem. this is the tenth time that the president of the united states has met with the prime minister of israel. and, jessica, those of us who have covered all ten of these visits and these meetings and you and i and john have, this was, by far, the most effusive in their mutual praise, their warmth. what happened? >> never seen them quite so cozy as they were today. it was probably a little deliberate for the cameras. >> a tad calculated, maybe. >> also a sign that these two men know they have to work together and get along if they get anything done. at one point i know the president said in his meeting with netanyahu when they first came together, his wife was in between us two men and the president said, she's a rose between two thorns. there is a self-awareness that both of them have been prickly with each other at times, had a frosty relationship and now it is time to heal those wounds and move forward because the president is looking for a legacy move here, he would like to move forwar
back to jessica and john in jerusalem. this is the tenth time that the president of the united states has met with the prime minister of israel. and, jessica, those of us who have covered all ten of these visits and these meetings and you and i and john have, this was, by far, the most effusive in their mutual praise, their warmth. what happened? >> never seen them quite so cozy as they were today. it was probably a little deliberate for the cameras. >> a tad calculated, maybe....